Care & Connect

PPID support for you and your horse

Pasture

The role of grass

Whilst the presence of PPID, EMS and/or Insulin Resistance will increase an individual horse or pony’s
risk of developing laminitis, the actual trigger which turns them from an ‘at risk’ case into a horse
suffering from laminitis is likely to be linked to the food they eat.

Grass contains simple sugars and storage carbohydrates called starch and fructan. When a normal
horse or pony eats grass their body produces insulin, and this insulin causes their cells to absorb
the sugars. In a horse or pony with Insulin Resistance, the cells do not respond to the insulin, so
the insulin levels keep rising, and this causes laminitis.

Associations

The Talk About Laminitis initiative continues to do sterling work in awareness-raising but also crucially in increasing the information we have about the disease and related conditions.

Redwings head of veterinary and care and senior veterinary surgeon Nicky Jarvis

PPID (Cushing’s disease) is a significant risk factor for developing the devastating disease of laminitis, but thanks to this initiative, more cases can be identified early.

World Horse Welfare Deputy Chief Executive, Tony Tyler

We encourage all horse owners, who are concerned about PPID in their horses, to take up this fantastic complimentary offer.